The Coca-Cola incident in Belgium, June 1999

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1657-1667

  Nemery, B ^a   Fischler, B ^a   Boogaerts, M ^a   Lison, D ^b   Willems, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dioxin; Food scare; Mass psychogenic illness; Mass sociogenic illness

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD STORAGE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALIA; COLA; ERYTHROXYLUM;

EID: 0036045434     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(02)00135-7     Document Type: Short Survey

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